Measuring device.



J. W. GIBBONS. MEASURNG DEVICE.

APPLICATION man MAY16.1917.

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-' l'Um-ED STATES t y .uniss W.- GIBBONS, or isos'roiv, i'lfhssncnusnrrs. p

T all whom t may concern.' a

Be it known that I, JAMES a citizen of the United States, residing at Roxbury, Boston,.in the county of Suffolk.

and State of-Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Measuring Devices, Case B, `of which the following is a specification.

. This invention relates to a measuring de- Ivice which is particularly. adapted to be used in restaurants known as cafeteria restaurants where the patrons help themselves to food and placing it on a tray then receive a cup of coffee or teaand help themselves to sugar for the coffee lor tea. The

tray containing the food being held inone hand,..it isimpossible to put the sugar in the :coffee or tea without setting down theI the .other press against `a certain portion of.. the measuring device of. this -invention and receive a certain amount of` sugar which will be guided into lthe cup as it is held against the measurin device.

Another object of this invention is to Vprovide adevice of the vcharacter set forth in which the sugar or other. material to vbe measured will be kept dry and this resultr is attained by making the walls of the hop-v per or container of two thicknesses with an air chamber between, and also the chutes leading fromzthe hopper have the walls-thereof.

madeoftwothicknesses, with an air. chamber therebetween, and the same is true .of the valves by which the measuring is accomplished. The air chamber between the dou-V le walls of the hopper, the chutes and the valves prevents the condensation of moisture upon the walls of the hopper and chutes and upon. the valves so that the sugar remains dry and will feed freely.

which would prevent the same fromfeeding freely.

The and arrangement of parts. set forth in the followingv lspecification and particularly pointed out in the claims thereof.

Specification of Letters lPatentl W. vGrreons,

Otherwise, yit would become moist and harden into lumps,

invention consists in the combination MnAsonINsnEICEl-" y l yReferring to` the drawings: n Figure lis a sectional elevation of my improved measuring device, taken on line1-1,

Fig. v2. l Fig. 2 isa sectional,

plan taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

contain sugar or other material. sidewalls of-saidhopper, 7 `the bottom and 8the top. It will be seen that the side walls, the bottom andthe top of said hoppery y Patenteauuneis', 191s. Application mea may 16, 1917. serial No. 169,080.

1A 1 A60 Like numerals refer to like parts throughout'theseveral views of the drawings.

-, Inv the drawings-5` is a hopper adapted to 6 are theare made of two vpartitions or thicknesses` v.

and that these partitions have an air chambertherebetween- `The'top 8 is fastened -to the body portion of the hopper by means of bolts 10 and thumb-screws 11.

12 and 13 are. chutes leading downwardly from the interior lof the hopper, 5 and said chutes are formed with an inner wall 14 and an outerwall 15,' and between said inner, and outer walls` is an air vchamber 16.

l The vchute 12..has twov slides 17 and 18, constituting valves, extending transversely thereof. The upper slide 17 has a hole 19v therein-and they lowerslide 18 has a hole `20 extending therethrough... These slides are so arranged and proportioned ythat when the Aslide 17 is moved a portion of its throw the holes 19 and l20 will be in alinement with each other and outof alinement with lthe chute 12. VVSaid 4slides are moved simultaneously in opposite directions by means of a; lever 2l, pivoted at 22uto a kbracket `23 fast to .the,chute.l2. The upper end of said lever-projects between rolls 2 4: .journaled to rotate on theslide17; the lowerend of said lever` projects between rolls 25 journaled on the slide 18, and saidlever 21 lis extended downwardly from, the slide 18A-and-termi--- nates at its lower AendV ina-plate 2,6 which forms aV convenient contact plate against which the cup 27 is pushed when it is desired to obtain a supply of sugar therein.

The chute 13 is. also .10Videdfwith two slides 28 and 29, one aboveltheother, eX- tending transversely thereof. rllhe slide 28 has a` hole 30 therein andthe slide 29 has a hole ltherein.- A .leverl32 vconnects the two slides 28 and 29 ina similar manner to that in lwhich, the, lever 21 connects the slides end in a contact plate 33. Alever 34 pivoted at 35 to a bracket 36 fast to the chutes 12 and 13 engages pins 37 and 38 fast to the slides 28 and 17, respectively, so that when the slide 17 is moved in one direction the slide 28 will be moved in the opposite direction by reason of the lever 34 connecting the two slides 17 and 28.

The general operation of the device hereinbefore specifically described is as follows: The user takes the cup 27 and, placing it against the contact plate 26, pushes the-lever 21 backwardly into the position illustrated in Fig. 1. In doing this the slide 18, by means of its opening 20, opens the chute 12 to allow the sugar contained between ythe walls 18 and 17 to How out and into the cup 27. At this time the sugar is entering the chute 13 through the hole 30 in the slide 28, the slide 29 being in a positionl to close said chute.

The neXt user of the device places his cup against the contact plate 33 and tips the lever 32 so as to reverse the position ofthe slides in the chutes l2 and 13-that is, the slide 29 will be pushed backwardly, which, through the lever 32, will move the slide 28 forwardly, and thus the hole 30 will be moved out of alinement with the chute 13, and any further sugar will be cut o from entering the chute 13 from the hopper, while the hole 31 in the slide 29 will be brought into alinement with the chute and the sugar in said chute below the slide 28 will flow down the chute and through the hole 31 into the cup. At the same time that the slide 29 is moved backwardly as hereinbefore described, the lever 34 will beV tipped from the position shown in full lines (Fig. 2) to the position shown in dotted lines, and thus the slide 17 will be moved backwardly, and through the lever 21 theslide 18 will be moved forwardly which will open the chute 12 into the hopper through the hole 19 and whichewill close said' chute at its lower end by means of the slide 18, the opening 20 thereof having been moved out of alinement with the chute 12.

Thus alternately a cup may receive sugar from the chutes 12 and 13, and it will be noted that the movement of the slides relatively to each other is a positive one. Y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desirefby Letters Patent to secure is 1. A measuring device having, in combination, a pair of chutes, two valves slidably mounted in each of said chutes, one above the other, each of said valves having a hole therethrough, meansy adapted to simultaneously movesaid slide valves and to move the slidel valves inveach chute in opposite directions, all the holes in said valves being adapted to be moved out of au the same 3. -A measuring device having, in.l com. bination, a pair of chutes, two valves slidably.

mounted in each of said chutes, one above the therethrough, means adapted to simultaneously move said slide valves andfto-.movetheslide valves in each chute in opposite directions, the holes in said slides being` so arranged that the hole in theupper slide of one chute and the hole in the lower side of the other chute are `in alinement with their respective chutes at the same time.y

4. A measuring device having, inV combination, a pair of chutes,ltwo valvesslidably mounted in Veach of said chutes, lone above the other, each of said valves having a hole therethrough, meansk adapted to Simultaneously move said slide `valves and to move theislide valves in each chuteV in opposite directions, the holes in said slides being so arrangedthatthe holes in the two slides of each chute are arranged to move alternately into and out of alinement withV their. respective. chutes, and :that when a hole in the upper slide of one chute -is in alinement therewith vthe hole `in the upperv slide of the other chute willfbe out of aline-V ment therewith. y, v

5. A measuring device having, in combination, a pair of chutes, two valves slid-k ably mounted in each of said chutes, one

aboveA the other, each ofrsaid valves-having.

a hole therethrough, a lever pivoted to each of said chutes and connected on opposite sides of its pivot to the valvesy of its respec-f tive chute, and a third lever-y connecting the valve ofy one chute to the: corresponding valve of the other-chute and a pivot ,for

said lever. located between said valves, all` the holes in said valves beingy adapted to be moved out of alinement withl said chutes at the same time. l

6. A measuring device having, in comfV bmation, a pair of chutes, two valves slidably mounted m each of said chutes, oner above the other, each of said valves having a hole therethrough, a lever pivoted to each of said` chutes and connected on opposite sides of its pivot to the valves of'its respec tive chute, a third lever lconnecting the valve of one chute to the corresponding other, each of said: valves having a hole" valve of the other chute and a pivot for In testimony whereof I have hereunto said lever located between said valves, the set my hand in presence of two subscribing holes in said slides being so arranged that witnesses.

the hole in the upper slide of one chute JAMES W. GIBBONS. and the hole in the lower slide of the other Witnesses:

chute are in alinement with their respective SYDNEY E. TAFT,

chutes at the same time. HATTIE E. STRATTON.

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` Washington, D. 6." 

